Do they generally ship at the speed of molasses? When I ordered my Bumblebee and Perceptor, I chose standard shipping which told me I would receive my items about 7-10 days from the date of shipment. The next day, I got two separate e-mails with tracking numbers telling me my stuff had shipped out - this was January 27th.

I had checked the tracking numbers previously and got no information which I thought was kind of weird, but I've seen in a few other posts that sometimes they don't get tracking information until after a package has been delivered! Anyway, after the mail came today and I got no packages from HTS, I checked my tracking numbers again, and now it reads "Electronic Shipping Info" received...

I'm kind of relieved because I guess it means the postman didn't leave them at the door to get stolen (like he did with my United Voyager Megatron ) - but is this usual for them, or are they just ultra swamped with the new waves coming out along with everything else?

I did 2 orders at the beginning of January. One had some deluxes and it shipped inmediately. The other only had Leader Prime from ROTF and it arrived a month later. I never even got an email but I had heard stories about that place so I didn't panic.

From what I've heard they have just been really slow during the past month. Vacations, or Snowy conditions. Possibly even layoffs in their shipping department.

But my hasbro toy shop orders usually only take a week at most. The more widespread anomalies have been how they pack them. You may for example get your two deluxes in two seperate and overwhelmingly large boxes stuffed with paper.

They ship using the slowest method I've ever seen but I think just about everyplace is using now. Something I ordered from Amazon had the same tracking. For my Hasbro order it tookk around a week. The 6 items I ordered shipped in 4 boxes from PA within a day of each other. They all arrived at the Fed Ex Facility in Grove City Ohio where they sat for a few days before they got transfered to the USPS and delivered. UPS has a similar service they called UPS mail innovations. It's just as bad the only thing I could see they innovated was making the package take twice as long as usual using 2 services as it would have using any 1 service.

Last time I ordered it took about 4 days. In the span of a day it arrived in my state. It stayed at said location for two days before being handed over to USPS. Kind of nerve racking knowing it is only an hours ride from the warehouse to my home. I used google maps to figure it out.

I think they use an alternate shipper first (like DHL). This first shipper then delivers to your USPS hub, which is when the tracking number is first received (since the first shipper doesn't update the USPS tracking number).

their super saver parcel post method is a lower priority than normal parcel post and is a higher priority than media mail...so yeah the post office is not really in a hurry to get those boxes moved thru their system.

i ordered 12 days ago and the tracking shows it just sent the info to USPS...so maybe in the next 2 to 3 days my two scourges from HTS might think about showing up.

their super saver parcel post method is a lower priority than normal parcel post and is a higher priority than media mail...so yeah the post office is not really in a hurry to get those boxes moved thru their system.

i ordered 12 days ago and the tracking shows it just sent the info to USPS...so maybe in the next 2 to 3 days my two scourges from HTS might think about showing up.

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Perhaps we should start a pool on who will get their packages first....

If the tracking number starts with an 02, it's FedEx, otherwise, it's probably Streamlite. Try them both, your package will show up. The biggest delay is usually between HTS saying they've shipped your package and when the intermediary shipper gets the package.

As soon as it shows up at my post office, it's out for delivery the next day. HTS was faster during the Christmas holiday, but that's to be expected. Week turn around isn't bad.